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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by nirvdrum on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:54AM (#29592954)
> The idea that no one was expected to own cell phones so they didn’t enrich our lives is clearly false.

It's not like everyone in the 70s was walking around completely depressed waiting for some breakthrough in computing technology so they could carry a computer in their pocket and ease all their ills. People could be content and maybe even happy without access to technology that didn't exist. Many Americans would likely be happier if they got rid of the "smart" part of their phones.

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Re:Worker pay isn’t keeping up with inflation by dhruval on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:19PM (#29597059)
Well happiness and material wealth are two very separate things.

People can be very content and happy with very basic necessities. Some of the happiest people on the planet are renunciate monks and nuns based in brain scan research (for eg mathieu richard)

And of course people can be depressed even to the point of being suicide while being wealthy. (Any number of high profile cases)

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